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Twelve seniors from schools within The Record’s coverage area will play for the North squad in the Phil Simms New Jersey North-South All-Star Football Classic on Monday, June 23 at Piscataway High School’s Ciardi Athletic Stadium.

Kevin Magee’s tremendous varsity career for Pompton Lakes has attracted attention from Major League Baseball scouts. We won’t learn until the next week’s first-year player draft just how intrigued they are by the Cardinals’ left-hander, but Magee is scheduled to … Continue reading →

The Pompton Lakes baseball team received plenty of notice Thursday afternoon once Ridgefield officials decided to postpone the North 1, Group 1 state tournament quarterfinal between the Cardinals and the Royals. With thunderstorms and potentially thunder and lightning in the … Continue reading →

Wayne Hills isn’t the only low-seeded team that has surprisingly become dangerous in the Passaic County baseball tournmaent. While 14th-seeded Eastside was busy beating sixth-seeded Wayne Valley on Saturday, about a mile down Preakness Avenue the Passaic Valley Hornets were … Continue reading →

WAYNE — Junior catcher Steven Payano’s RBI single in the top of the eighth scored junior center fielder Edwin Diaz with what emerged as the winning run today in 14th-seeded Eastside’s 4-3 upset of sixth-seeded Wayne Valley in the first … Continue reading →

The Passaic baseball team was rewarded tonight for what has developed into the most successful season in the program’s recent history. The Indians were seeded No. 1 in the Passaic County tournament for the first time in its 43-year history. … Continue reading →

Passaic County’s baseball coaches will have their hands full tonight when they gather at Passaic Tech to seed their upcoming tournament. A month ago, most knowledgeable baseball people in Passaic County would’ve predicted Pompton Lakes as the No. 1 seed. … Continue reading →

The NJSIAA’s decision Sunday to postpone all boys and girls basketball state tournament games today based on what turned out, at least in Bergen and Passaic counties, to be erroneous weather reports put many teams within The Record’s coverage area … Continue reading →

WAYNE — As the Wayne Hills-Lakeland boys basketball game came to a conclusion Thursday night, the thankful boys and girls in Wayne Hills’ student section started chanting, ‘We love Goldy!’ The emotional moment left many of the late Jon Goldstein’s … Continue reading →

The Bergen County and Passaic County tournaments heat up this weekend with Passaic playing its quarterfinals Saturday and Bergen playing its second round Sunday. Continue reading below to see matchups and schedules for the tournaments this weekend.

WANAQUE — Adam Wallerstein wasn’t able to establish himself as Lakeland’s starting quarterback before his junior season. He had a strong arm and plenty of potential, but Lakeland’s coaches felt more comfortable with senior Cory Caddell running the Lancers’ offense. … Continue reading →

Tournament time already? Didn’t the season just start? In any case, with the Passaic County Tournament seeds coming out Tuesday night, I decided to take a look at some of top teams expected to vie for the title, some players … Continue reading →

DePaul edged defending champion Clifton top seed when the schedule for the PassaicCounty boys soccer tournament was released Tuesday. Clifton, which downed 2011 champion DePaul in overtime in last year’s final got the second seed. Both have one loss. Lakeland, … Continue reading →

Not the best day for softball, with a dreary mist falling for much of the Passaic County tournament game I covered over at Passaic Valley. Wasn’t it about 90 degrees a week or so ago? Surprising result in the Ramapo-Paramus … Continue reading →

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Gregory Schutta joined The Record in 1987. He was part of the award-winning team that exposed the financial workings inside the NJSIAA. Greg covers boys soccer, wrestling and boys tennis.View all of his posts

Paul Schwartz is a practicing attorney in workers' compensation in Ridgefield Park. Since 1971, he has been a part-time sports writer at the Record and now covers track and cross-country.View all of his posts

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